Análisis socioecológico del complejo de humedales del sector Galicia

En el siguiente trabajo se presenta un análisis socioecológico del complejo de humedales del sector de Galicia. La zona de estudio está localizada al occidente del municipio de Pereira dentro del perímetro urbano en el corregimiento de Cerritos. La unidad de estudio está delimitada por las veredas, Galicia Baja y Esperanza Galicia, el Bioparque Ukumarí y un tramo de la cuenca baja del Río Consota También, se aplicó la metodología Ellen MacArthur que consiste en restaurar y recuperar a propósito, y que trata de que los productos, elementos y materias mantengan su utilidad y valor máximos en todo momento y por último se validó el sistema de indicadores de economía circular por medio de escenarios propuestos por Hernández en el año 2019. Sumando a eso, se determinó una escala de 1 a 100 que tan circular es el manejo de los RS al interior de la universidad y arrojando un valor de 24,6 que lo ubica en un rango bajo, esto quiere decir que la universidad tecnológica en la circularidad frente al manejo de los residuos sólidos es de 24,6 constituyendo la línea base que permite tomarse como referencia para definir la metas frente el futuro el manejo de los residuos sólidos y este rango bajo puede estar asociado al no aprovechamiento de los residuos sólidos biodegradables, constituyen uno de los flujos más importantes en el campus

Evaluación de la eficiencia de un sistema de humedales construidos en la remoción de mercurio de efluentes mineros auríferos

Background. Mercury (Hg) contamination resulting from gold mining is an environmental problem caused by its ability to affect ecosystems and human health. Therefore, it is essential to propose alternatives focused on reducing the pollution produced mainly to water resources, due to the persistence and permanence of this heavy metal in the environment. Goals. This study evaluated the removal of Hg and the organic load of wastewater from a mining plant through a horizontal subsurface wetland flow system. Methods. The physicochemical characterization of the mining sewage was carried out, in addition, a system of three wetlands was designed and operated in which the Hydraulic Retention Time (HRT) and the plantation of Heliconia psittacorum were varied, then, parameters such as pH, OD, turbidity, BOD5, COD and Mercury were studied. An ANOVA statistical test with significance of 95% was applied. Results. The mining effluent showed COD and Hg concentrations of 197 mg O2/L and 0.0021 mg/L, respectively, values which are higher than those permitted by Colombian and EPA regulations. The wetlands evaluated showed removal efficiencies for turbidity, BOD5, COD and Hg higher than 98.44%, 93.10%, 71.52% and 91.03%, respectively. The statistical tests suggest that there is no significant difference in the TRH (p=0.361), therefore it is possible to operate the wetland system with 2 days of treatment. In addition, significant differences were found between the planted wetlands and those composed only by the support bed (p=0.039). Conclusions. Horizontal subsurface flow wetlands and Heliconia psittacorum are highly efficient in the removal of Hg from gold mining wastewater, consolidating as a promising technology for environmental bioremediation.Antecedentes. La contaminación por mercurio (Hg) producto del beneficio minero aurífero es un problema de índole ambiental, dada su capacidad de afectar los ecosistemas y la salud humana. Por lo cual, es fundamental proponer alternativas enfocadas en disminuir la contaminación producida principalmente al recurso hídrico, debido a la persistencia y permanencia de este metal pesado en el ambiente Objetivo. Evaluar la remoción de Hg y la carga orgánica del agua residual proveniente de un entable minero mediante un sistema de humedales de flujo subsuperficial horizontal. Métodos. Se realizó la caracterización fisicoquímica del agua residual minera, además, se diseñó y operó un sistema de tres humedales a los cuales se les varió el Tiempo de Retención Hidráulica (TRH) y la presencia o ausencia de Heliconia psittacorum, se evaluaron parámetros como pH, OD, turbidez, DBO5, DQO y Mercurio. Se aplicó una prueba estadística ANOVA con significancia del 95%. Resultados. El efluente minero arrojó concentraciones para DQO y Hg de 197 mg O2/L y 0,0021 mg/L, respectivamente, valores superiores a los permisibles por la normativa colombiana y de la EPA. Los humedales evaluados mostraron eficiencias de remoción para turbiedad, DBO5, DQO y Hg superiores al 98,44%, 93,10%, 71,52% y 91,03%, respectivamente. Las pruebas estadísticas sugieren que no existe diferencia significativa con respecto a la variación del TRH, pues los porcentajes de eficiencia de remoción del Hg para 2 y 4 días son relativamente similares Conclusiones.  Los humedales de flujo subsuperficial horizontal y Heliconia psittacorum, son altamente eficientes en la remoción de Hg de aguas residuales de minería aurífera, consolidándose como una tecnología prometedora para la biorremediación ambiental

Centrality evolution of the charged-particle pseudorapidity density over a broad pseudorapidity range in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76TeV

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Candida genotyping of blood culture isolates from patients admitted to 16 hospitals in Madrid: genotype spreading during the COVID-19 pandemic driven by fluconazole-resistant C. parapsilosis

2022 Descuento MDPI Fondos: Plan Nacional de I+D+I 2017-2020 FEDER, ‘A way of making Europe'. Contrato Miguel Servet Beca predoctoral FISBackground: Candidaemia and invasive candidiasis are typically hospital-acquired. Genotyping isolates from patients admitted to different hospitals may be helpful in tracking clones spreading across hospitals, especially those showing antifungal resistance. Methods: We characterized Candida clusters by studying Candida isolates (C. albicans, n = 1041; C. parapsilosis, n = 354, and C. tropicalis, n = 125) from blood cultures (53.8%) and intra-abdominal samples (46.2%) collected as part of the CANDIMAD (Candida in Madrid) study in Madrid (2019–2021). Species-specific microsatellite markers were used to define the genotypes of Candida spp. found in a single patient (singleton) or several patients (cluster) from a single hospital (intra-hospital cluster) or different hospitals (widespread cluster). Results: We found 83 clusters, of which 20 were intra-hospital, 49 were widespread, and 14 were intra-hospital and widespread. Some intra-hospital clusters were first detected before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the number of clusters increased during the pandemic, especially for C. parapsilosis. The proportion of widespread clusters was significantly higher for genotypes found in both compartments than those exclusively found in either the blood cultures or intra-abdominal samples. Most C. albicans- and C. tropicalis-resistant genotypes were singleton and presented exclusively in either blood cultures or intra-abdominal samples. Fluconazole-resistant C. parapsilosis isolates belonged to intra-hospital clusters harboring either the Y132F or G458S ERG11p substitutions; the dominant genotype was also widespread. Conclusions: the number of clusters—and patients involved—increased during the COVID-19 pandemic mainly due to the emergence of fluconazole-resistant C. parapsilosis genotypes.European ComissionMinisterio de Ciencia e InnovaciónInstituto de Salud Carlos IIIInstituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio MarañónDepto. de MedicinaFac. de MedicinaTRUEpubDescuento UC

<i>Candida</i> Genotyping of Blood Culture Isolates from Patients Admitted to 16 Hospitals in Madrid: Genotype Spreading during the COVID-19 Pandemic Driven by Fluconazole-Resistant <i>C. parapsilosis</i>

Background: Candidaemia and invasive candidiasis are typically hospital-acquired. Genotyping isolates from patients admitted to different hospitals may be helpful in tracking clones spreading across hospitals, especially those showing antifungal resistance. Methods: We characterized Candida clusters by studying Candida isolates (C. albicans, n = 1041; C. parapsilosis, n = 354, and C. tropicalis, n = 125) from blood cultures (53.8%) and intra-abdominal samples (46.2%) collected as part of the CANDIMAD (Candida in Madrid) study in Madrid (2019–2021). Species-specific microsatellite markers were used to define the genotypes of Candida spp. found in a single patient (singleton) or several patients (cluster) from a single hospital (intra-hospital cluster) or different hospitals (widespread cluster). Results: We found 83 clusters, of which 20 were intra-hospital, 49 were widespread, and 14 were intra-hospital and widespread. Some intra-hospital clusters were first detected before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the number of clusters increased during the pandemic, especially for C. parapsilosis. The proportion of widespread clusters was significantly higher for genotypes found in both compartments than those exclusively found in either the blood cultures or intra-abdominal samples. Most C. albicans- and C. tropicalis-resistant genotypes were singleton and presented exclusively in either blood cultures or intra-abdominal samples. Fluconazole-resistant C. parapsilosis isolates belonged to intra-hospital clusters harboring either the Y132F or G458S ERG11p substitutions; the dominant genotype was also widespread. Conclusions: the number of clusters—and patients involved—increased during the COVID-19 pandemic mainly due to the emergence of fluconazole-resistant C. parapsilosis genotypes

Raíces: plazas, tradición y cultura

Desde sus inicios como oficio se ha entendido el diseño gráfico como una disciplina orientada a la creación y transferencia de mensajes visuales construidos por medio de estrategias gráficas previamente estructuradas y planificadas para dar respuesta a necesidades comunicativas, apoyadas en una variedad de herramientas, técnicas y medios tanto impresos como digitales. Esta definición podría dar a entender que la función del diseño está más enfocada a dar respuesta a las necesidades estéticas de la comunicación sin un involucramiento directo con el tipo de mensaje que se transmite y las audiencias a las que va dirigido. Sin embargo el rol del diseño gráfico es mucho más complejo en la sociedad actual, es más relevante que los diseñadores trabajen con comunidades, haciendo parte de equipos de trabajo con comunicadores sociales, administradores, sociólogos, antropólogos, entre otras disciplinas académicas para intervenir tanto en la creación como en la aplicación de estrategias de comunicación..

Elliptic flow of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays at mid-rapidity in Pb–Pb collisions at √sNN = 2.76 TeV

The elliptic flow of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays at mid-rapidity (|y| < 0.7) is measured in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN−−−√=2.76 TeV with ALICE at the LHC. The particle azimuthal distribution with respect to the reaction plane can be parametrized with a Fourier expansion, where the second coefficient (v2) represents the elliptic flow. The v2 coefficient of inclusive electrons is measured in three centrality classes (0-10%, 10-20% and 20-40%) with the event plane and the scalar product methods in the transverse momentum (pT) intervals 0.5-13 GeV/c and 0.5-8 GeV/c, respectively. After subtracting the background, mainly from photon conversions and Dalitz decays of neutral mesons, a positive v2 of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays is observed in all centrality classes, with a maximum significance of 5.9σ in the interval 2< pT < 2.5 GeV/c in semi-central collisions (20-40%). The value of v2 decreases towards more central collisions at low and intermediate pT (0.5 < pT < 3 GeV/c). The v2 of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays at mid-rapidity is found to be similar to the one of muons from heavy-flavour hadron decays at forward rapidity (2.5 < y < 4). The results are described within uncertainties by model calculations including substantial elastic interactions of heavy quarks with an expanding strongly-interacting medium

Production of Σ(1385)± and Ξ(1530)0 in p–Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV

The transverse momentum distributions of the strange and double-strange hyperon resonances (Σ(1385)±, Ξ(1530)0) produced in p-Pb collisions at sNN−−−√=5.02 TeV were measured in the rapidity range −0.5<yCMS<0 for event classes corresponding to different charged-particle multiplicity densities, ⟨dNch/dηlab⟩. The mean transverse momentum values are presented as a function of ⟨dNch/dηlab⟩, as well as a function of the particle masses and compared with previous results on hyperon production. The integrated yield ratios of excited to ground-state hyperons are constant as a function of ⟨dNch/dηlab⟩. The equivalent ratios to pions exhibit an increase with ⟨dNch/dηlab⟩, depending on their strangeness content

Measurement of electrons from beauty-hadron decays in p–Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV and Pb–Pb collisions at √sNN = 2.76 TeV

The production of beauty hadrons was measured via semi-leptonic decays at mid-rapidity with the ALICE detector at the LHC in the transverse momentum interval 1<pT<8 GeV/c in minimum-bias p-Pb collisions at sNN−−−√=5.02 TeV and in 1.3<pT<8 GeV/c in the 20% most central Pb-Pb collisions at sNN−−−√=2.76 TeV. The pp reference spectra at s√=5.02 TeV and s√=2.76 TeV, needed for the calculation of the nuclear modification factors RpPb and RPbPb, were obtained by a pQCD-driven scaling of the cross section of electrons from beauty-hadron decays measured at s√=7 TeV. In the pT interval 3<pT<8 GeV/c a suppression of the yield of electrons from beauty-hadron decays is observed in Pb-Pb compared to pp collisions. Towards lower pT, the RPbPb values increase with large systematic uncertainties. The RpPb is consistent with unity within systematic uncertainties and is well described by theoretical calculations that include cold nuclear matter effects in p-Pb collisions. The measured RpPb and these calculations indicate that cold nuclear matter effects are small at high transverse momentum also in Pb-Pb collisions. Therefore, the observed reduction of RPbPb below unity at high pT may be ascribed to an effect of the hot and dense medium formed in Pb-Pb collisions

Anomalous evolution of the near-side jet peak shape in Pb–Pb collisions at √sNN = 2.76 TeV

The measurement of two-particle angular correlations is a powerful tool to study jet quenching in a pT region inaccessible by direct jet identification. In these measurements pseudorapidity (Δη) and azimuthal (Δφ) differences are used to extract the shape of the near-side peak formed by particles associated to a higher pT trigger particle (1<pT,trig< 8 GeV/c). A combined fit of the near-side peak and long-range correlations is applied to the data allowing the extraction of the centrality evolution of the peak shape in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN−−−√ = 2.76 TeV. A significant broadening of the peak in the Δη direction at low pT is found from peripheral to central collisions, which vanishes above 4 GeV/c, while in the Δφ direction the peak is almost independent of centrality. For the 10% most central collisions and 1<pT,assoc< 2 GeV/c, 1<pT,trig< 3 GeV/c a novel feature is observed: a depletion develops around the centre of the peak. The results are compared to pp collisions at the same centre of mass energy and to AMPT model simulations. The comparison to the investigated models suggests that the broadening and the development of the depletion is connected to the strength of radial and longitudinal flow